Clay Culture: Vanishing Pots
After hours of phone calls, researching, and tracking, Jack Troy shares this lament and advice on shipping one-of-a-kind works of … Read More
Tag: anagama
Translates “cellar kiln”—Traditional Japanese kiln evolving from the bank-kiln, and featuring a long, swelling inclined tubular ware chamber, with lower extreme serving as firebox. Characteristically produces heavy flame-flashing and residual-ash effects. Source: Clay: A Studio Handbook
An Introduction to Fuel-Burning Kilns
Fuels are organic and carbon based, they burn readily. Until recently, all kilns were fuel burning; even now when we … Read More
An Experienced Wood Firer Shares Wood Kiln Plans for a Small Instructional Wood Kiln
John Thies has been building, firing and maintaining large wood kilns for more than thirty years. For more than ten … Read More
Working Potter: Mizuyo Yamashita
My career as a ceramic artist started in the course of a series of events. I was in London after … Read More
Working Potter: Ian Connors
As a young potter working through a recent setback in my career, I am facing a common struggle. I am … Read More
Exposure: June/July/August 2019
Images from Current and Upcoming Exhibitions … Read More
Studio Visit: Pottery Park: Paul Fryman and Mikhail Tovstous, Burty, Poltava Province, Ukraine
Paul Fryman and Mikhail Tovstous
While searching for a place to build a wood kiln, Paul Fryman came upon an idyllic property in rural Burty, … Read More
From the Editor: April 2019
As a technique, firing work in a kiln or pit where the fuel and atmosphere around the pieces have a … Read More
Studio Visit: Aaron Scythe, Whanganui, New Zealand
After relocating to New Zealand from Japan, a dust-free nook in the house for decorating and a single-car garage for … Read More
In the Studio: Empirical Learning
The sound of an entire stack of pots falling over in a wood kiln at peak temperature isn’t as bad … Read More
